Strikes on Yandex data centers have successfully reduced the volume of pro-Russian bot activity on the internet.

Cybersecurity Geopolitics ConflictOct 13, 2026score 0.352 posts · 0 replies across 2 instances

The thread discusses reports that Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers have successfully reduced pro-Russian bot activity online. Users are debating the validity of these claims based on anecdotal evidence of decreased spam.

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Parent: GeopoliticsEntity: Yandex data centersSub-entity: pro-Russian bot activityImpact: mixedDate: Oct 13, 2026 - Oct 14, 2026Target: strikes on Yandex data centers

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Yandex bot outage - Is Zelensky right to say data centre strikes have taken down Russian bots? It’s completely anecdotal, but I usually have to delete 10+ spam comments in Russian a day from my blog. Since the Yandex strike? None. 🤨

https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/95426

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Zelensky says strikes on Yandex data centers reduce pro-Russian bot activity https://www.uawire.org/zelensky-says-strikes-on-yandex-data-centers-reduce-pro-russian-bot-activity?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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